Page:Hofstede de Groot catalogue raisonné, Volume 2, 1909.djvu/335

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viii PHILIPS WOUWERMAN 319 it kicks out behind. Near these are other dealers looking at horses. In front is a boy with a dog. To the left are a grey horse, and a bay ridden by a man in a yellow jacket. Farther away is a post-waggon. On a distant hill are booths. Many figures and horses are distributed over the landscape. " This is a beautiful little gem of the choicest quality" (Sm.). [Possibly identical with 199.] Panel, 12 inches by 15 inches. Mentioned by Paul Eudel, V Hotel Drouot en 1885-86, p. 264. In the collection of the Due de Valentinois. Sale. J. F. Tuffin, London, 1818 (131 : 55.). Bought by Sm. privately, 1826 (^220 : IDS.). In the collection of Sir Charles Bagot, Bart., 1829 (Sm.). Sale. Sir Charles Bagot, London, June 17, 1836 (.172 : 45.). In the collection of E. W. Lake, 1842 (Sm.). Sale. E. W. Lake, London, 1845 (^304 : ios., Nieuwenhuys). According to Eudel it was also in the Sales. Baron de Varange, Paris, May 26, 1852. Comte d'Yvon, Paris. Auguste Courtin, Paris, March 29, 1886 (16,000 francs). 198. A Horse Fair. In the foreground a man on a white stallion is bargaining with a cavalier in a red cloak who has dismounted from a brown horse. To the right two men are concluding a bargain. To the left a rearing horse is being shown off to numerous spectators. To the right is a river ; two boys are bathing, and there are some boats full of people. Panel, 14! inches by 18 inches. Sale. S. A. Koopman, Utrecht, April 9, 1847, No. 41. 199. A Horse Fair. A horse-dealer makes a fine grey horse kick out while leading it in front of a cavalier. Near them are other horses, one of which has a rider. In the right middle distance some dealers are looking at a horse's mouth. In the background is a great crowd. Cloudy sky j evening. [Possibly identical with 197.] Panel, 20 inches by 14! inches. Sale. Baron de Varange, Paris, May 26, 1852, No. 55 (15,000 francs). 199*. A Horse Fair. Exhibited at Manchester, 1857, No. 938. Then in the collection of Edward Lloyd. 199^. A Horse-Dealer parading Horses. In the Esterhazy collection, Vienna, 1863 (Parthey, ii. 805). 200. A Merrymaking and Horse Fair. Horses, waggons, boats, and numerous figures. On a bank to the right is an inn, in front of which arrive horsemen, peasants, and citizens. To the left a crowd presses round a juggler. In the centre a man shows off his horse. A dealer has just sold a horse to a soldier. [Possibly identical with 191.] Canvas, 27 inches by 33 inches. Sale. Due de Morny, Paris, May 31, 1865, No. 87 (30,500 francs).